Medicine pack check sheet

Source-linked reading points

• Check the brand, both ingredients, the complete two-number marking per inhalation, the DISKUS dry-powder device and target market together. Do not read only one number or treat a package marking as a web-calculated daily inhalation count.
• This label describes ADVAIR DISKUS as an oral-inhalation powder. A similar name, one shared ingredient or the fact that both are inhalers does not establish that another aerosol, nebulised solution, inhalation capsule or device can be self-substituted.
• The label distinguishes maintenance treatment from immediate relief of acute bronchospasm. Sudden or worsening breathing difficulty, cough or wheeze needs timely action through local emergency services and an existing care plan, not repeated self-use, device stacking or borrowing another person's medicine from a webpage.
• All current inhalers, prescription medicines, OTC products, supplements and herbs should be reviewed with the actual device by a pharmacist or clinician. Sharing one ingredient in a combination product does not mean two products can be self-combined, alternated or substituted.